These books are availabe for research or for sale at the NHS Museum, 30 Main Street, Newport or at the Richards Free Library, 58 N. Main Street, Newport.

Wheeler, Edmund.The History of Newport, New Hampshire, From 1766 to 1878, with a Genealogical Register. Concord, NH: The Republican Press Association, 1879.

This book is also searchable on Google Books. The genealogical information was obtained from family members, and included as provided. It is a useful guide, mostly accurate, although some errors have been identified over the years. Reprints are available from the Newport Historical Society Museum.

Books 1, 2, 3 are transcriptions of records located at the office of the Town Clerk, Newport NH. They were transcribed, entered into a database, then checked with the original books to provide as accurate data as possible. Unclear spellings are indicated by a question mark (?). Copies of the original page you may be interested in are available by contacting the Historical Society or the Newport Town Clerk's office (603.863.2224) A description of each volume is provided for further insight. Regretfully, these documents are not presently searchable, but we are working on that!